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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-15
GERMANY'S POSITION,

II Senators Beck and Edmunds, or any
other United States Senators would rise
in their seats in the Senate and gravely ad.
vocate the organization of an immense
standing army by the Government for-the
preservation Of peace theywonld be laughed
At and ridiculed by every SANE man in the
country. And yet Won Moltke and Bis
marck each made a speech before the. Ger.
man Reichstag a couple OF days ago in
which they urged the necessity Of Germany
Strengthening her large army for the pur.
pose OF maintaining peace with her. neigh
bors. Whether they are sincere Or not
the proposition from their standpoint is
= sensible one. They are right in assuming
that with an inferior and badly equipped
army Germany would'so 3 be involved in
wal with France, while: - shsE were
abundantly prepared for = wal her
old enemy would refrain nom
precipitating a contest. They" hold
that peace is the offspring OF fear rather
than a relation to be cultivated for the
blessings it ~confers. :,
II the great general and the chancellor
are not sincere in their arguments then
their purpose is to prepare Germany for a
contest which they believe is inevitable
and into which the great powers OF Europe
viii be drawn. Viewed from either point
their position is eminently proper. While
the people OF Germany mayprotest against
the onarous taxation which necessarily ATT,
tends the maintenance Of a large standing
army they must see that the only hope Of
their country to preserve the integrity of
ito boundaries lies in the strength of it's
army. II the present army bill fail France
will rspossess herself OF Alsace and Lorraine
within q year.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-15
Tho Indiana LegisIature.

INDIANAPOLIS, January l2.-There was
not a little diminution in the number OF
people at the capitol this morning, and the
usual scrutiny was maintained in admit
ting visitors to the Senate chamber. Drake,
OF the Republican minority, presented a
preamble and resolution which q Democrat
moved to be rejected without reading. On
this motion the Democratic majority iii.
vided, Senators Mcdonald and Barrett
(Democrat) protesting against this method
OF proceeding, and insisting that members
OF the Senate had q right to know for
what it was they were called upon to vote,
Senator Weir asserted that the Lieutenant.
Governor elect had done nothing that he
(Weir) would not have done under similar
circumstances. Finally the motion to re-
ject without reading was withdrawn, The
preamble recited that ieutenant-Goyerno
Robertson, was present. and having quail.
tied, was ready to perform the duties OF
presiding officer Of the Senate, and the res.
olution provided for the appointment of a
committee OF two to escort him to the
chair. The preamble and resolution were
rejected by a party vote. Senator Winter.
OF the minority. will file a protest, claiming
that it is a further usnrpation OF aut,or.
!ty, ard this will probably tend to a bolt.
During the morning session of the Senate
papers in contests Of the seats occupied bv
Messrs. Harness, Kennedy. Mcdonald and
Shroyer (Republican), and Mcclure Demo.
craft, were referred to the COMMITTEES on
elections.
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FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Char.ed to strikers Who Wanted to Kin
the Englneer. e

.l 80 @ - )
eh.Is,a 7. str.zsr. Who Wanted to XII
the Engineer. ]
K&s <frY, January 12.-The south
bound passenger train on the Missouri Pa
cifc extension. which left Omaha last night
and wal due here this morning was wrecked
near Dunbar, Nebraska, about midnight
The wreck was caused by the loosening Of a
rail, done by parties unknown: Several
spikes and fish plates had been removed
and the train coming along at the rate Of
thirty miles per hour, plunged fifteen feet
down an embankment' and landed in a
snow drift. Jos. Dewitt" OF Wyandotte,
kaHsas;; engineer, wal caught in thu" boiler
and killed, his body not being recovered at
last accounts Frank 'Menswith, express
messenger. whose home il in this city, was
internally hurt and may die. At1ady whose
name was not learned, is badly hurt but
the other passengers are net seriously in
and ~ more r less bruised.
The entire train left the track and
probably the loss OF life would have been
greater except for the snow bank, which
broke the force ofNthe plunge"
Missouri Pacific officials here state that
the wreck is the result Of the third attempt
upon the life OF Dewitt, the engineer. They
say some Of the men engaged in the strike
of last spring, cherished agrud9e against
him because he was ar active supporter OF
the Company during the great strike. They
assert thatthewreck,nesr Wyaudatte, for
which Hamilton has just been tried, was
the result o. plot against Dewitt, but
his train was not the first to. pass over the
faonh ESHeo1,,1r<1 I - k1@,, M -, ILL., .n~~-I
attempt was. made, and last night it was
made: Several suspicious looking ,men
were seen. lettering around the station
at Dunbar last evening. Trackswerefound
leading from tho scene Of the wreck. which
furnish q clue. The sheriff, and several
others are watching the nsighborhood. A.
reward will be offered for, them. "A number
of California e~xcursionists were among the
party. -. -.
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A BLUEBEARD.
A Man of Many Wives Insures their Live,
and They Die.


CHICAGO, January 1.-THE police stopped
a funeral of a girl named Lucy Krug, aged
10, and who formerly lived at 533 Larabee
street, she having died under suspicious
circumstances. Soon after several detec.
tives and a deputy coroner and his assist.
ants arrived on the scene. In September,
1885, Lawrence Krug, a carpenter, was
married to Mrs. Heidelmeyer, and Lucy
was her daughter. Krug and his wife
started on avoiding tour to New York,
he previously insuring his wife's life for a
thousand dollars in the Knights and Ladies
OF Honor. When on their wedding tour
Mrs. Krug died and
KRUG MARRIED AGAIN,
He had been at home but a short time
when his second wife whose life had
been insured in the same association also
died. Two months after her death
he married Mrs. Rohr, who was nine years
older than Krug. This was in September
last. Six weeks later she was attacked with
typhoid fever, and died. This last wife Was
also insured in the same association as the
others, During her illness she was attended
by Or. kallstein. Suspicious were aroused
at her death by the TACT of the insurance,
which was made to her daughter, who was
forced by Krug to make over her claims on
the insurance to him. Lucy Heidelmeyer.
or KrEg, as she was usually called, was in
sured in the same association, and the pol-
icy was made payable TO her stepfather,
Krug. He was placed under surveillance.
DR.. Blnthard will make q post mortem ex.
animation of the body.
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DEATH.
The Particulars Concerning the Nolan
ch0ly Event.

choly Event.
LONDON, January 12.-Dr. Mortimer
Granville, Lord Iddesleigh's physician, has
issued a bulletin in relation to his lord
ships death. In it he says Lord Iddeeleigh
for many years past has, suffered with
cardiac affections which, while not placing
his life in Immediate peril rendered the
prospect Of its sudden termination only
too possible. He died of syncope. The
melancholy event, although startling to
those around him, has not been Unforeseen
by his immediate friends and it has been
anticipated by bis medical attendants.
Sir James Ferguson, under Secretary for
Foreign Affairs, in an interview said: Lord
Iddesleigh, the moment before leaving the
foreign office, spoke to me very calmly
about quit ing Office. He expressed the
hope that their separation : would not be
permanent. Henry NJ. Stanley, the. ex:
pIorer, was waiting to see him about the
Emir Bay expedition and Iddesleigh asked
me to see Stanley and make another ap:
pointment for later in the evening. Lord
than usual. He conversed with me pleas
antly and when we parted he was in good
spirits.
The body OF Iddesleigh lies in saljsbury's
room. The prime minister arrived shortly
after IddesIeish was taken Ill and while the
were trying to rally him.. He is
greatly affected by The death Of his iormer
Minister. Manlers, Salisbury's private
secretary, says the moment Lord Iddesleigh
came inside the ante-room he sank down
upon a chair; II was in the next room
and hearing groans / went into the ante.
room and lifted hin to the sofa. The doc
tors were in immediate attendance and
remedies were applied but Lord Iddesleigh
never spoke. He died twenty minutes after
he was taken i'll. His son, Henry Stafford
Northcote, was sent for but did not reach
his father until ten minutes after all was
over. He left later for Pynes, in Exeter
the family seat, to tell his mother of her
husbands DEATH"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-15
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

Governor Hauser's first message to a
legislative body is presented in full upou
che first page OF this mornings MINER. II
10 . carefully prepared and well digested
state paper, bearing evidence OF ipvestica.
ton and thought. and deserves the calm
consideration OF every citizen in the Terri.
tory. With the possible exception Of, one
or two propositions made by his Excel.
lency, the document VIII not provoke ad.
verse criticism from any
The Observation-Disclosures Of the Territory
10 shown to be excellent, there being a bal.
ance On hand in the Treasury OF over S57,:
900. There il no bonded indebtedness.
No Territory in the Union can make a bet.
tor financial exhibit. 1t is a flatterine com.
mentary upon the foresight and wisdom o,
the Democratic party Of Montana, which
has controlled the. expenditures OF the pub.
lie moneys through the Legislative Assem-.
blies in which it has always bad msjori-
ties. Il
The Governor takes a thoroughly practi.
cal view OF education, and while he com
msnds the present admirable public school
system OF the TerTitQry, he suggests that
the scope Of. the SCHOOL laws be broadened
90 - to include the teaching of manual la.
Dor in the list OF branches taught in our
common schools.
He consratulates the people upon the
possession Of railroad transportation ia
eilities; points to the fact that they are
rapidly developing the great mineral and
ether resources Of tho Territory, and
whils he would guard the interests Of the
people against the encroachments of cor
porste power. he advises that proper pro
vision be made for the protection OF all
railroads.
He suygests tho propriety Of the Leeisla-
ture passing q registration law that win in.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-15

WILDE made to repeal the entire law. Tbs
present.. law was paesed tQ removs the
temptation&o ron county officials ofchetging
illegaHieess br of mailing Dizziness pr the
sake bf fes6, and ofsSSegleeeang NECESSARY
pubuE buJhess for wl5ch nf3ees Sere pro.
vided. Ifthsre has Been s. falling on oil
some kinds of public business, the public is
probably the gamer by reason OF it. II my
information is correct, both the ices and
salaries are, in many cases, too high. II
you can do anything by way OF
MEMORIALS TO ~ENL1eHrEN CONGRESS
as to the ability of the people Of Montana
to assume the burdens of State govern
ment, and their entire w~illingness-to relieve
pense Or legislative care on our aSccountt.' It
is worth the effort. Another subject for
memorial is the urgent need of a general
survey of the public domain in advance OF
settlement; so hat railroads and school
lauds may bepknown before. thes settler
drives his stakes q makes his improve
meat.
And in any contemplated change OF the
land laws it would be we'll to represent the
general desire and interest of our people
that the desert land act should b~eretained,
under which a large amount of waste and
worthless and has been reclaimed. and
much is capable OF -reelamation. Unless
the General Government will thus ncour
age the construction Of i~rrigating bitches,
Of Of sinking 'aftesiat wells, IL would be
only following the precedentin the case. Of
swamp lands, to give ithem--tbe desert
lapds-to the, Territories. and States in
which they lie- The irrigation Of desert
lands is as costly and beneficial az draining
swamps. o. "''F''.'5'> '''iH' ''''*'" ''a'*
As you are familiar with,thelaws, are di.
rect from, and OF the people, and know
tl'a,f y wan "ii ln 1eeis n ! in ! tho ei inser y; 81 opt the
to that end you will have my
hearty cooperation.
" s. T. HAusER."
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-15
SUMMONS.

In the District Court OF the Second Judicial Dis.
trict of the Territory of Montana, in and for
the County of Silver Bow.
Geo. W. Farlin and Joseph a Farlin,
Plaintiffs.
VS..
y: 7. Balland. John Quinn, 4. Martin, N. 8.
FINN, VIM. Robinson, Sarah f. Grant, Joseph
Grennon ct al.
Defendants.
The people OF the Territory of Montana send
greeting to w. T. Balland, John Quinn. A. Mar.
tin. N. s. Finn. VIM. Robinson, Sarah F. Grant
and Joseph Grennon, ct al. defendants.
You are hereby required to appear IN anac'ion
TN IN the District Court of the Second JUDICIAL
District Of the Territory of Montana, in and for
the County OF Silver Bow, and to answer the
complaint filed therein, within ten days Tex
elusive OF the day of ~service) after the service on
you of this summons, II served within this
county; or, ifrervedo out of this county, but in
in forty days: or judgment by default viii be
said complaint.
against said defendants for the recovery Of the
possession Of that certain quartz lode mining
claim situated and bearing in Summit VALLEY
Mining timing District. Silver Bow County, Montana
lerrltory, and every part thereof located, known
ana called the Emma lode claim and more par.
ticnlarly described by the official survey thereof
a az 1 f6llo oV,;t to wit wit: Lot ls1 A and B. Beginning
which the quarter "a section corner on the south
Of section Is. township s. north II
range 8, west OF the principal meridian, bears
Iouth4 deg. 81 min. west, 1,7S4 feet distant and
running thence north 50 deg. 45 min, eat 1909
tset, thence north % deg. As min., west 600 teet,
thence south SO deg. Is min, west / Oee feet
hen e south % deg. IS min, east 600 feet to the
place OF beginning. And containing all area of
thirteen and IS 100 acres, and for the sum of five
dollars damages for unlawfully with
aoiolng possession Thereof. Second, for the sum
nse thausand dollars, the value of the rents.
issues and profits Of said above described prem
lsee. Third, for the costs ofthis action.
And you are hereby notified that if you fall TO
appear and answer said complaints as above re-
lu1red, the said plaintiff will take a default
against you and apply to the conrt for the relief
prayed for in the complaint of plaintiffs filed
herein.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Dis
trict Court ofthe Second District of the Terri
tory of Montana. in aud for the County of Sill
yer Bow, this 29ih day Of December, inthe year
Of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eightv-six.
[sEALl NJ B. HENDERSON. Clerk.
By Chas. S. Warren, Deputy Clerk.
Robinson & Stapleton.
ATTORNEYS for Plaintiff.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-15
Special to The MINER.

HELENA, January 12.-Another day O
routine work has tranepired in the Terri
torial Legislature. In the Council tn
following standing committees we're an
nounced:
Ways and Means -Pardee, Waters, Col
Inns.
Judiciary-Collins, Holiday, Richards.
ternalImprovements-Waters Thomp
son, Batchelder.
Federal Relations-Hundley, Holiday
Cardwell.
Education and Observation-Disclosures
nedy, Sutherlin.
Towns and Counties-Cardwell, Thomp
son, Holiday.
Public Observation-Disclosures, Sutherlin
Holiday.
Observation-Disclosures, Collins, Ken.
nedy.
Agriculture and Observation-Disclosures,
Holiday, Batchelder.
Observation-Disclosures. Richards, Collins.
Indian Affairs-Thompron. Batchelder.
Sutherlin.
Mines and Minerals-Pardee. Ricka rda
dundley.
Observation-Disclosures. sutherlin. Par.
dee.
Roads and HikhwaysAHolliday, Thomn.
son, Hundley.
Military-Kennedy, Waters, THOMPSON.
Hnsrossments-Holliday Pardee, Humid.
ley.
Enrollment-Kenaedy Waters, Collins.
Printine-sutherlin, Kennedy, Pardee.
! Sra.lne and stockraisiuss-H undley.
thompson. Batchelder.
Inc House practically did nothing ex.
cert receive the Governors message, which
both branches made a special order Of bus.
mess Tor tomorrow. :.
Ihe Independent perpetrated a huge ;oka
on It's constituency and the Herald nv
sprlnging On an unsuspectinec ontemnorarv
an extra edition, giving the Governors
IN full an hour after its deli v.rv,
and u biographical sketch ioI the memh....
OF the legislature.
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SERToLA
..''sA~nr','ar t~s~o-

-S"F 'f' ~ Ne ~ ~ - v
In his message G~oyarnoFs Hausar. suggest
ed to TIE legislature that it memerialise
Congress that if any changes were made in
tina land laws by that body the desert act
SHOULD be retained. With due deference,to
the GaTerner the MINER .begs, leave to dit.
fer with him and hopes that the so-called
desert4aa act wall be repealed. In. taking
thisrground itfrmly believes. it is standing
in,the direct. Line cf. the interests. OF the
people, It cholds.s lin the first place, that
under the true, meaning OF the word tdesert''
there is not IN acre OF desert land. in Mon
tana.. But accvptingjthe meaning "a defined
by, the act itsei, the. whole Territory is one
vast. desert with a ,small. oasis here and
there in the sha 20 of. low bottoms OIL hay
lands. .w- ig.: "a-s,. ga.
The desert land. act should never have
heen applied to Montana. 1t was originals
ly,intendad to encourage tho development
of,the arid plains of Southern California.
and Arizona. Through a a~risvous blunder
Montana was included in the bill. The
measure has not worked advantaseously
to- Territory Large tracts Of land
have been taken up under it and fenced in
for the pasturugs Of herds. The law con-
templates the retaining OF waste or un.
productive'lands by q system OF irrigation,
thus making them cultivatble and. crop
'beariue:- This is"not done in one case in a
tifousarrd. ~ sthail strea moi water is car
RED through nns1portion =" Of it for the
stock which ifeets upon the luxurious.
growth OF the natural grasses. which cover
IT; the fact is sworn to, payment is made
and Il pHtent tissues for the, land. That
ends the" snatter. The claimant. who in
nineteen reasesaost Of twenty, is q mar Of
means, finds himself sole owner OF $40
acres OF as fine grazing land rs. there is in
the country, while his poorer neighbor is
forced away and pre-emptis or homesteads
his 160 acres OF land. digs his bitches and |
goes to farming in earnest.
The fact is this desert land act as Tar as
is concerned is a humbug. Even |
every settler were able to avail himself
OF its very slack provisions the law would
work mischief We would have a large
land holding and sparsaely settled farming
without churches or schools. |
Where four farmers could make homes for
and families there would be but |
one.
The law is not the poor mans friend.
No one but a man Of some means can take
advantage oft, and he does it at the ex-
pense 81 the growth and prosperity Of the
neighborhood. The $40 acres 81 land taken
as "desert' is just as good, bears as
fine a crop of natural grass, and is as sus.
OF cultivation as the 160 acres
up by the pre-emptor for a home.
is no difference inthe lands but there
is a difference in the length of the purses OF
those who purchase them from the Gov.
rnment The desert land act favors those
with the longest purses to the injury Of
the poorer classes. 1t is an unwise meas
afe and should be repealed. '+H'~
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sure the rightful exercise OF tho ballot ia
every. sitissn Of the, Territory. o ON gan
|Sbjecf4o such q SfasuFe. ~
AThasov.ieoE Of th,1 opiiion IT.
9dch the ttoul 3 oElf tfmbtr Cd ins
|1pon lie public d0haif is traceable t0the
ignorance of the Interior Department con
corning the matter and to mi~sinformation
received by it through its special agents.
He suggests a remedy reached only BY Con-
gressional action, which will doubtless be
the subject matter ola memorial to the
national legislature.
The Governor iavefs the building Of an
inaspasplunhp the Territory. saudi SUE
gests a plan which is now gaining favor
throughout the East. He touches upon
several other matters OF interest which
commend tbemselvss TO the thoughtful
consideration Of the legislative Assembly,
and to which TIE MfsfR' will make further
reference in the very pear future.
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THE E ELEMENT.
IHlIH ~ al go

q = 49,
Butte, like all prosperous mining com
im1iulnlities. has p large vagrant element. Il
has the yel?dEessed, senteel,looking va
who has not been Known to do an honest
days work in the city. These are gener
ally self-important, loud-talking. gentry
who assume the airs and style, ofa million.
aire, pose as "mashers"i at dives and the.
aters, sleeepE@t66e lord only knows where
eat where they can, and get theift spending
money-when they have anay--fffom 'their
woman or from those who employ them
as "cappers' or "%strikers", in disreputable
~rfi-s7'"t% sf1"a -
Then there is another class 81. lviagssi who
can be seen standing around faro tables in
the city ready to claim, and pick DIP a
sleeper or to strike i winner At thss gesaime
for what he Can get. He manager TO dress
decently, to smoke cigars, TO eat Gquare
meal a day, and, Of course, has bis '"wo-
man." He e 'fnighs-haxf, = il SCI
dom seen during the day. ,.ras.s.
The third class is composed Of men who
are about as low down 90 they can get by
land. They are seen sleeping il chairs on
woodboxes or tables about saloons, during
the later hours at night, and are ready. at
any other time to steal anything; RON a
nickel up. These fellows are seen ID. the
early morning prospecting tho swilf barrels
at the rear Of restaurants for. crusts. OF
bread and other, refuse Il tables. -, They
are the ones that are generally "yagged'
and boarded for a season at the expense OF
the city or county. 49,.
But OF all these the first named
are the most dangerous to 9 com
munity. They are fairly Intelligent
can be polite when they wish t. b, AND by
their ~"insinuating ways" succeed il gaining
the confidence OF ''suckers" whom they
"bleed' before they get through with them,
These fellows seem to escape arrest but
they are "vass'' OF the first water, "havlng
visible means OF support" nor wanting
The next grand jury should attend
to thei5 cases i TIE proper officers do not.
They are a curse to any community and.
Butte should rid itself Of them.
1t is this class that the Inter Noun.
tain Of last evening made the'subject Of the
following remarlsa,, sA snx
at ia a fact that.in Butteat the present
time are Il number, Of men without Visible
OF support, and who are amenable
to the law on the subject 81 vagfancy. We
lave no reference twiateverto those who
are. willing to work. aRd:can not secure em-
of whom there are known, to be.
hundred in Butte; but. to the, EEL
lows who have horror OF anything ap-
proaching labor, and who make their liv-
ing either on the wages 81 fallen women or
by the system ri striking" mentor money
to playdaro. ,,These.fellows are ascursei and
menace to the immunity. and ought to.
be run out of the country or run into Jail.
The poor old buns and drunkards who
are so Often "vagsed" are by no means the
most numerous Or13angerous' of this class
Of people. . Many of sthem wear, good
lothes and put on the airs Of a nabeb, yet
they are always willing to cap q sucker"
brace game or commit any other
5ffense tbr fiake' money without honestly
it. 1t is these fellows that ought to
,e "vagged." ~n-a"
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Our. esteemed evening. contemporary
omittRd to pphIish, chapter Of its aerial
'.Tbs Gorernorship Outrage"-last evening.
It 10 hoped the author will continue the
story. It would be cruel to, leave the PEG.
pls in anxious suspense - to- the. fate of
the hero OF the thrilling narrative. ,ssul,A